List of postdoctoral research fellowship 2025-2026 for African students to study in abroad or in Africa
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) welcomes applications for its Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL). The successful applicants will work full time with Paradigm Initiative team members for 9 months starting from 1 March 2021 to 31 November 2021. As a mid-career fellowship, potential candidates
Published: 08 Oct 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 30 Oct 2020
We invite individuals who are passionate about Africa to apply to African Leaders on the Move to learn more about our offices, roles, and work in the region. McKinsey has six offices in Africa – Johannesburg, Lagos, Luanda, Casablanca, Nairobi, Addis Ababa. We serve many leading African org
Published: 08 Oct 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Nov 2020
Papers addressing economic analysis relevant for economic development in Africa are invited to the AfOx CSAE Conference for consideration. Papers discussing countries other than those in Africa are welcome, however, they must deal with issues central to Africa. Conference papers address
Published: 01 Oct 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 16 Oct 2020
The Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA), in line with its mission of contributing to the development of Africa through its women, is launching the 6th Edition of SCIENCE BY WOMEN programme, with the aim to promote African women’s leadership in scientific research and technology transfer and to
Published: 29 Sep 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Oct 2020
The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi is calling for applications for PhD and masters fellowships under the Earth Observation and Environmental Sensing for Climate-smart Sustainable Agropastoral Ecosystem Transformation in East Africa (ESSA) Programme to be u
Published: 16 Sep 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Finland Deadline: 18 Sep 2020
Chatham House is pleased to invite applications for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship in the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. A fellow’s time will be split between three key areas: Completing a personal research project of the f
Published: 02 Sep 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia Deadline: 20 Sep 2020
Based in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Africa Check seeks to appoint a Health Fellow (Full-time) We are offering a year-long fellowship, in partnership with Facebook, to deepen our health misinformation work. Over the past several months, our te
Published: 31 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Aug 2020
The Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship (CAMFF) is aimed at mid-senior level African professionals with demonstrable leadership skills in their fields, which may include public servants working in areas of media policy and regulatory frameworks, or media professionals such as journalists. 
Published: 31 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 03 Sep 2020
The Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship is based around the principles of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 which “reaffirms the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconst
Published: 27 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 04 Sep 2020
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, announces competitions for Dissertation-completion fellowships and Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellowships. During 10 annual fellowship competitions (2008-18), ACLS efforts have stimu
Published: 13 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Dec 2020
Are you a journalist covering issues/events on civil society, media, gender, labour, LGBTQI+ or environmental and Indigenous rights? Would you welcome additional funding to help tell important, untold human rights related stories from across Africa? The Consortium to Promote Human Righ
Published: 13 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 28 Aug 2020
he Ibrahim Fellowships offer the opportunity to work in the executive offices of either the AfDB, UNECA or the ITC with an annual stipend of $100,000 to fellows. The Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. The annual programme seeks to deepen and broaden
Published: 10 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The Transfer Project invites African researchers to apply for a 5-month fellowship to engage on joint impact evaluation research with project researchers. The Transfer Project is a multi-country researchlearning initiative on the impacts of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa (www.cpc.u
Published: 07 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Aug 2020
Africa and Europe need to revise and re-energise their relations. In a world of increased geopolitical competition with new and old actors jostling for influence across the continent, Europe and Africa must act urgently to modernise and revitalise relations. European and African narratives about eac
Published: 06 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 16 Aug 2020
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to issue the third call for proposals to the Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF), which supports digital rights work across the continent through flexible and rapid response grants. Launched in
Published: 04 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 07 Aug 2020
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies invites applications for two PhD Positions (Research Associates, 65%) Candidates will work in the Research Group “The Concept of Slavery in African History”. This Research Group is an integral part of the Bonn Cent
Published: 21 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Jul 2020
The Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) in collaboration with the African Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics), currently based at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi is offering ONE (1)
Published: 11 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Kenya Deadline: 26 Jul 2020
From October 2020 to September 2021, twenty outstanding women in executive-level leadership positions in African conservation will come together for a year of virtual and in-person sessions to transform their own and each other’s leadership for the benefit of people, wildlife, and ecosystems a
Published: 10 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Jul 2020